The naval aviation confrontation exercise over Galway Bay was another stunning appearance of the Irish carrier-based fighter IR-30T in an internal informal setting, not only the Japanese pilot flying the H-25 was beaten into a pig's head, but even the elite pilots who ranked first in the German naval aviation unit also lost with a score of 3 to 5, that is, in the course of the confrontation between the two sides, the Germans achieved 3 effective shootdowns, and were shot down by the opponent 5 times, of which 3 were shot down by the IR-30T. And only one of his 3 downs was achieved on the IR-30T. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Three weeks later, the German and Irish navies conducted a second joint exercise in Galway, and the confrontation was upgraded to 6 H-25 vs. 4 IR-29T plus 2 IR-30T, this time the German Navy saved face a little, because the H-25's air combat performance is indeed better than the IR-29T, and the German Navy's elite pilots are better than Ireland's in terms of number and quality, but the IR-30T that has not yet entered service still performs brilliantly. This won the praise of the German naval technical officers and some senior generals, and the German Navy soon launched a formal inspection and evaluation process, once the IR-30T passed the strict technical evaluation of the Germans, it would be included in the German government's military procurement list, and according to the military alliance agreement between Germany and Ireland, Ireland could not refuse Germany's procurement request.

Another potential buyer of Irish warplanes, the Japanese Navy, has similarly urged the government to initiate a foreign arms purchase process. According to the opinion of the European delegation, the Japanese Navy hopes to introduce a full set of carrier-based bomber technology from Germany, purchase a production license for carrier-based fighters and carrier-based torpedo aircraft from Ireland, and import key technologies for large aircraft carriers from Germany or Ireland, so that the Japanese naval aviation can complete the equipment upgrade in the next four years. In view of Japan's important strategic value, under the impetus of Crown Prince William Jr., the German top management has almost responded to Japan's requirements in recent years, but the Ju-17 carrier-based dive bomber with excellent performance is the killer feature of the German Navy, which has been highly praised by the German Naval Aviation since it entered service in 1928, and is known as the most successful single-engine carrier-based bomber in history, and its core technology is listed in the strategic secrets of the German Navy, Deutsche Air Aviation, as the manufacturer, is not allowed to sell the fighter and any derivatives to the outside world, and is not allowed to provide related technology to the outside world, so the German Navy is very unhappy with the high-level plan to sell the full set of Ju-17 technology. Under the strong resistance of Field Marshal Reinhardt-Scher, who served as the supreme naval commander of the Imperial Cabinet, and Field Marshal Franz von Hipper, commander of the High Seas Fleet, the German top brass had no choice but to make concessions, and they informed the Japanese side that because the Ju-17 involved Germany's core military secrets, it would not be ceded to any country in the short term, so it was suggested that the Japanese Navy choose the Ju-15 of the previous generation or the He-33C with similar functions.

After repeated weighing and heated discussions, the Japanese Navy chose the second option they had previously determined, that is, the IK-30T of the Irish Navy. In this way, the three carrier-based aircraft selected by the Japanese Navy are the main models that the Irish Navy has already equipped or will soon equip.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Ireland is a military, political, and economic vassal of Germany like Lithuania, Latvia, and Iceland, and therefore obeys the German leadership. The strength of the state, and even the personality of the monarch, determined that it was qualified to say "no" to Germany on many issues. Either out of a bad feeling for Japan, or because of the strategy of wanting to capture and indulge, the Irish top brass at the beginning strongly refused to provide Japan with the prototypes and technologies of the three excellent carrier-based aircraft, the IR-30T "Royal Griffin", the IK-20T "Swordfish", and the IK-30T "Osprey".

As for the large aircraft carrier technology, the German top brass was determined to give it as a valuable political gift to its future allies, and the German naval commanders, satisfied with the issue of carrier-based aircraft, reluctantly accepted the government's arrangement. Germany and Japan then signed a secret treaty in Berlin, through which Japan obtained the core technology of the 30,000-ton "advanced standard" aircraft carrier, and although the British Tejas class and the American Lexington class are both 30,000 tons, and the United States will also build a 40,000-ton heavy aircraft carrier, the standard series jointly developed by Germany and Ireland has a much longer operation time than the United States and Britain, and the "advanced standard" performance is very stable during the service period, so it is recognized as superior to the existence of the Tejas class and the Lexington class.

In November 1932, witnessed by the Irish government and military officials, representatives of the Japanese government finally signed military purchase contracts with the Limerick Aircraft Company and the Royal Aircraft Factory in Ireland, under which the two Irish military enterprises would provide the Japanese Navy with 60 IR-30T, 150 IK-20T and 90 IK-30T within four months, and after the Japanese side paid in full, a complete set of technical drawings of the three aircraft would be provided to the Japanese Navy. To this end, the Japanese government will pay 7.2 million marks to the Limerick Aircraft Company and 22.8 million marks to the Royal Aircraft Factory, and will also need to pay high consulting fees to Irish experts who go to Japan to provide technical guidance. Considering that the Japanese government is currently in a deep financial crisis, if it were not for the German government to help them obtain a special loan from the Central Bank of the German Empire, the Japanese would probably have resented the threshold of "cash payment" set by the Irish government.

A few days later, the Daily Telegraph, Britain's largest low-cost newspaper, disclosed the news in cryptic terms, and the Japanese Embassy in Britain was harassed by protesters that night, and the United States and British governments joined forces to put pressure on Japan to clarify its relations with Germany and make public all the treaties signed with Germany, otherwise the Japanese Government would be punished for violating the Four-Power Secret Treaty.

Japan's entanglement with the United States and Britain has nothing to do with Ireland's position, and Japan's contract for the purchase of Irish fighter jets does not violate any international treaty or agreement. With the first earmarked money lent by German banks to the Japanese government into Irish corporate accounts, the Irish began to fulfill the contract, and they dismantled and packed the first batch of fighters from Limerick to Japan; They accepted engineers from Japan to learn technology into their design and production departments, and carefully taught them the technical details of fighter aircraft construction and maintenance. The Galway naval base also began to receive Japanese naval pilots, who, after the necessary training, would board the "Angus" to train with Allied pilots.

Orders from the navies of Ireland, Germany, and Japan have brought the new assembly line at the Limerick aircraft factory into full operation, and the old assembly line used to produce the IR-29 and IR-29T has nothing to do with it. The previous price of this fighter to the Chinese government was 45,000 marks, and this free aid plan to hand over 120 IR-29s that have been in service with the Irish army for a period of time, and their current value is also more than 3 million marks in terms of depreciation of normal wear and tear, and the total price of the free aid is more than 6 million marks, which exceeds the estimated profits and taxes of Irish companies on arms sales.

With the implementation of the free military aid plan, nearly half of the IR-29 equipped by the Irish Air Force and Army Aviation will be handed over one after another, while the monthly equipment of the newly put into production IR-30 is only 20, and the reduction of the main fighters in service has made the senior officers of Ireland worried, many of them are puzzled by the government's compliance with Germany's request to transfer the IR-30T, and have repeatedly raised objections to the king, but they do not know that their monarch is playing a big game of chess:

IR-29 has long been famous in Europe, IR-30 and its naval model IR-30T can be described as blue, air combat capabilities have not to be picked, but in addition to power and weapons there is still a certain room for upgrades, has approached the performance limit of biplanes, the next few years will inevitably be replaced by more and more mature monoplanes, the Japanese Navy at a high price to obtain IR-30T at the same time, is likely to take a lot of detours on the road to the development of monoplane carrier-based aircraft, However, the technicians of the Irish defense department have already conducted a technical evaluation of the new fighter at the Bavarian aircraft factory, believing that it fully meets the standards of the new generation of fighters, and there is ample room for the development of carrier-based aircraft models, and the two sides have initialed the contract, if nothing else, Ireland will manufacture equipment in large quantities in the form of order and authorized production, but the Japanese army aviation does not know anything about this.

Nicknamed "Swordfish", the IK-20T is a super hunter who sank the main American battleship "Ioda" in the Gulf of Mexico, in fact, the Mexican Christian Resistance was able to sink the American ship, and the luck was so good that it was on the one hand, the Americans were still generally paralyzed and careless at that time, objectively speaking, in addition to the simple structure and low cost, the technical data were not superior to the current torpedo planes of Britain and Germany, and the Japanese Navy ordered in large quantities and prepared for licensed production, The cost of a single aircraft can be controlled below 4000000 marks, which seems to be a good deal, but it may be self-inflicted in wartime. You must know that the IK-22T "Super Swordfish" that is about to be tested adopts a closed cockpit and a large landing gear design, with fixed leading edge slats and trailing edge flap technology, with a strong short take-off and landing capability, in the case of carrying heavy aviation torpedoes, it can fly 1200 kilometers at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, and all data are greatly improved compared with "Swordfish".

Nicknamed "Osprey", the IK-30T and the "Swordfish" are from the Royal Irish Aircraft Factory, and the appearance has many similarities with the German Navy's Ju-17, so that it is generally believed that Dr. Hugo Juncker, who works for Deutsche Aeronautics and Aeronautics, played an important role in the development and design of the Irish carrier-based bomber. The flight speed under the combat load is the first among the carrier-based bombers of various countries, and it is suitable for rapid attack and some special bombing tactics, but if it is not necessary to pursue dive accuracy, its combat efficiency is certainly not as good as that of the Ju-17, not to mention that the Royal Irish Aircraft Factory has developed its monoplane model in accordance with the requirements of the Irish Navy on the technical and tactical ideas of the IK-30T, which are the "generation-skipping technology" that the Japanese delegation and subsequent learners cannot access.

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